"Protesters in Blaenavon, Torfaen have abandoned their fight to save their swimming pool after fierce campaigning.

Torfaen Council is planning to demolish the pool and leisure centre replacing it with a school and health centre.

Meanwhile, protesters from Merthyr Tydfil are handing a petition to the assembly government to try to save Edwardsville pool in Treharris.

And in Gwynedd there has been a plea to delay the planned closure of Harlech swimming pool for at least a year.

In Blaenavon, despite hundreds of people taking part in demonstrations to save the pool after the roof was damaged in storms, campaigners have decided to abandon their attempt to stop it being demolished following legal advice.

'The problem is that going to court is a big risk with a lot of money at stake,' said John Beavan, former manager of the leisure centre and pool and chairman of the action group set up to save it."

(Via BBC NEWS | Wales | South East Wales | Fight abandoned amid new protests: .)

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